This course will help you understand how it is possible to meet the needs of a particular minority community – the Chinese who live in Northern Ireland. The audio clips will give you an opportunity to listen to some first hand experiences and discover some of the problems that this community are facing. You will also hear about the needs of the community in terms of care and support, particularly in terms of meeting the needs of older Chinese inhabitants.

One of the characteristics of ‘good’ information is that it should be balanced and present both sides of an argument or issue. This way the reader is left to weigh up the evidence and make a decision. In reality, we recognise that no information is truly objective.

This means that the onus is on you, the reader, to develop a critical awareness of the positions represented in what you read, and to take account of this when you interpret the information. In some cases, authors may

From subjects to citizens : society and the everyday state in North India and Pakistan, 1947-1964 This is the website for an AHRC-funded research project which is studying the interaction between state and citizen immediately before and in the two decades following India and Pakistan’s independence in 1947. To date, research has concentrated on the politics high levels of government, and little work has been done on the impact of independence and partition on everyday life. The project aims to focus on “citizen experiences” in the former British Indian provinces of Uttar PrAuthor(s): No creator set

License information

Related content

No related items provided in this feed

21L.015 Introduction to Media Studies (MIT) Introduction to Media Studies is designed for students who have grown up in a rapidly changing global multimedia environment and want to become more literate and critical consumers and producers of culture. Through an interdisciplinary comparative and historical lens, the course defines "media" broadly as including oral, print, theatrical, photographic, broadcast, cinematic, and digital cultural forms and practices. The course looks at the nature of mediated communication, the functionAuthor(s): Walsh, Andrea

License information

Related content

Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative C

No related items provided in this feed

BFI Flare 2015: highlights from the Festival | BFI Flare Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI.
BFI Deputy Head of Festivals Tricia Tuttle and programmers Brian Robinson, Emma Smart, Jay Bernard, Jason Barker and Michael Blyth remember some of the best moments from the 2015 BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival, before introducing Malcolm Ingram, director of Out to Win, the closing night film.
BFI Flare showcases the best new queer cinema, celebrating the diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender culture from around the globe #BFIFlareAuthor(s): No creator set

License information

Related content

No related items provided in this feed

Succeeding in a digital world This free digital literacy course, Succeeding in a digital world, will develop your confidence and skills for life online, whether study, work or everyday life. It explores a range of digital skills and practices, including digital identity, digital well-being, staying safe and legal, finding and using information and online tools, and dealing with information overload. The importance is emphasised throughout of developing a critical approach to life online, whether consuming or creating informaAuthor(s): Creator not set

License information

Related content

Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see http://www.open.ac.uk/conditions terms and conditions), this content is made available under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2

No related items provided in this feed

U.S. soldier released in exchange for five Taliban detainees More updates and breaking news: http://smarturl.it/BreakingNews
Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, held for nearly five years by the Taliban after being captured in Afghanistan was handed over to the U.S. in exchange for the release of five Taliban members held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Mana Rabiee reports.
Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe
More Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/BreakingNews
Reuters tells the world's stories like no one else. As the largest internationalAuthor(s): No creator set

Study another free course

UW Provost Town Hall: February 24, 2015 Join UW Provost and Executive Vice President Ana Mari Cauce as she shares key priorities for the current academic year, addresses topics of interest to the campus community and answers questions from the audience.
http://uwtv.org
02/24/2015Author(s): No creator set

License information

Related content

No related items provided in this feed

DECISION-MAKING and PROBLEM SOLVING Welcome to Decision-Making and Problem Solving, one of the series of Futures workbooks, which help students choose and prepare for their careers. Like the other workbooks in the series you can dip in and out doing the exercises which are most relevant to you. You might want to include the exercises or the output in your personal development plan or e-portfolioAuthor(s): Laura Dean

License information

Related content

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

No related items provided in this feed

The Life of Crispus Attucks and the Boston Massacre (Audio) From many on-line sources; - in March of 1770 a fight began that set the stage for later confrontation. Attaucks was held up as the first martyr of the American Revolution along with the others killed. In the early 19th century, as the abolitionist movement gained momentum in Boston, supporters lauded Attucks as a black American who played a heroic role in the history of the United States. Because Attucks had Wampanoag ancestors, his story also holds special significance for many Native AmAuthor(s): No creator set

License information

Related content

No related items provided in this feed

North Dakota Facts 4th grade students explore the State of North Dakota and even sing the state song!Author(s): No creator set

License information

Related content

No related items provided in this feed

Politics after Brexit and Trump: Rick Pildes in conversation with Mervyn King [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Richard H. Pildes | A year of unpredictable political upheavals in the industrialised world promises an interesting period ahead. What are the lessons from Brexit and the Trump election for our democracy? Richard H. Pildes is the Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law at the New York University Law School. He is one of the nation's leading scholars of constitutional law and a specialist in legal issues affecting democracy. Mervyn King was Governor of the Bank of EnAuthor(s): No creator set

"New Writing from the Balkans"Readings of original poetry and fiction by two leading South Slavic authors, Igor Štiks from Croatia and Aleš Debeljak from Slovenia, both of whom currently reside in Chicago. The readings are followed by a discussion of the creative atmosphere and trends in contemporary literature in Southeast Europe, with time devoted to the experience of writing away from one’s home country. SpAuthor(s): The Center for International Studies at the Univer

License information

Related content

Rights not set

No related items provided in this feed

Binomial nomenclature : Microbiology Basics Discover how we name organisms in biology and microbiology. We also go over the taxonomy. ----------Be sure to subscribe to https://www.youtube.com/mrfordsclassCome visit us at https://www.facebook.com/mrfordsclasslearningAuthor(s): No creator set

License information

Related content

No related items provided in this feed

17.506 Ethnic Politics II (MIT) This course is designed mainly for political science graduate students conducting or considering conducting research on identity politics. While 17.504 Ethnic Politics I is designed as a primarily theoretical course, Ethnic Politics II switches the focus to methods. It aims to familiarize the student with the current conventional approaches as well as major challenges to them. The course discusses definition and measurement issues as well as briefly addressing survey techniques and modeling.Author(s): Petersen, Roger

License information

Related content

Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative C